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Kraichgauer wrote:
glebel wrote:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). I usually don't like silent movies unless they are slap stick comedies, but I'm a big Conrad Veidt fan ( he played a great Nazi, especially in "Casablanca"). The plot twist at the end of the movie is fantastic!
As a side note, Conrad Veidt was personally very Anti-Nazi, and had to flee Germany for his life. Ironically, as a German during the war years, the only acting roles he could get were playing Nazis.
What I liked about his acting in these roles was that he played them so well. Unlike so many actors, he didn't play a stereotype, he always kept it real. And he was SO evil.
Also, he donated a lot of his acting fees to the British war effort. Ironically, the poor guy died just before the war ended. 
17 Sep 2015, 2:24 pm
Re-watched with Blu-ray audio commentary by director John Hyams and actor Dolph Lundgren.
Kraichgauer
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17 Sep 2015, 3:05 pm
glebel wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
glebel wrote:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). I usually don't like silent movies unless they are slap stick comedies, but I'm a big Conrad Veidt fan ( he played a great Nazi, especially in "Casablanca"). The plot twist at the end of the movie is fantastic!
As a side note, Conrad Veidt was personally very Anti-Nazi, and had to flee Germany for his life. Ironically, as a German during the war years, the only acting roles he could get were playing Nazis.
What I liked about his acting in these roles was that he played them so well. Unlike so many actors, he didn't play a stereotype, he always kept it real. And he was SO evil.
Also, he donated a lot of his acting fees to the British war effort. Ironically, the poor guy died just before the war ended. I understand Veidt was also pro-gay rights at a time when that political stance was almost unheard of.
17 Sep 2015, 3:22 pm
Kraichgauer wrote:
glebel wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
glebel wrote:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). I usually don't like silent movies unless they are slap stick comedies, but I'm a big Conrad Veidt fan ( he played a great Nazi, especially in "Casablanca"). The plot twist at the end of the movie is fantastic!
As a side note, Conrad Veidt was personally very Anti-Nazi, and had to flee Germany for his life. Ironically, as a German during the war years, the only acting roles he could get were playing Nazis.
What I liked about his acting in these roles was that he played them so well. Unlike so many actors, he didn't play a stereotype, he always kept it real. And he was SO evil.
Also, he donated a lot of his acting fees to the British war effort. Ironically, the poor guy died just before the war ended. I understand Veidt was also pro-gay rights at a time when that political stance was almost unheard of.
That I didn't know, although it doesn't surprise me. A great actor and quite a man.
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17 Sep 2015, 4:53 pm
glebel wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
glebel wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
glebel wrote:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). I usually don't like silent movies unless they are slap stick comedies, but I'm a big Conrad Veidt fan ( he played a great Nazi, especially in "Casablanca"). The plot twist at the end of the movie is fantastic!
As a side note, Conrad Veidt was personally very Anti-Nazi, and had to flee Germany for his life. Ironically, as a German during the war years, the only acting roles he could get were playing Nazis.
What I liked about his acting in these roles was that he played them so well. Unlike so many actors, he didn't play a stereotype, he always kept it real. And he was SO evil.
Also, he donated a lot of his acting fees to the British war effort. Ironically, the poor guy died just before the war ended. I understand Veidt was also pro-gay rights at a time when that political stance was almost unheard of.
That I didn't know, although it doesn't surprise me. A great actor and quite a man.
Indeed.
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Days of Reckoning: The Making of US4 (2013)
Feature-length documentary from this release:
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